Following the widespread breakdown of trust in business, soft skills are starting to find their way - at last - into business schools. The concept that traditional business skills must... read more →
There's a growing conversation about soft skills, and the need for them if we're not only to thrive in turbulent times, but also to stay alive in the world of... read more →
From India to Africa, the USA to right here, there's concern that education needs rethinking, so it takes a very different path - one that features soft skills development -... read more →
Over the last couple of months a recurrent theme has been playing insistently... (more…)
Linking a couple of 'riffs' from previous posts - education + technology - this post ponders whether Finland's remarkable educational achievements over the last 40 years have any relationship to... read more →
Research shows that as well as performing better in maths and reading, children who participate in quality early-learning programmes develop the increasingly important soft skills, have higher graduation rates, and... read more →
There’s plenty of evidence that soft skills development in early years has a dramatic effect on…well, everything! (more…)
This week at Davos they called youth unemployment a "cancer in society". (more…)
Bill Drayton, CEO and Founder of Ashoka, knows all about global entrepreneurship. And he believes that the new foundational skills in education should be soft skills, such as empathy, initiative... read more →
At yesterday's Innovation in Education conference the focus was firmly on technology. The Guardian's London event posed the following question: (more…)